Ben Lewis
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Russia's election winner is all but decided. But this vote still matters to Putin (opens the original)
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It is an election where the result is known before the ballots are counted. Three days of voting in Russia's parliamentary elections started on Friday, The United Russia party — fiercely loyal to the country's president, Vladimir Putin — will again be the big winner. But that doesn't mean the vote to determine who sits in the Russian parliament, known as the Duma, isn't important to the president. It is, because it's the first since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The c
Russia votes, but the result is already known (opens the original)
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Russia is holding parliamentary elections with little doubt about the outcome: the pro-Kremlin United Russia party is expected to retain its dominance. But with the vote taking place more than four years into the war in Ukraine, the election carries symbolic importance for President Vladimir Putin. Analysts say the Kremlin will use the result to demonstrate public support for the government and its military campaign, even as economic pressures, Ukrainian strikes inside Russia and signs of growin
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